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Auditing culture : the subsidised cultural sector in the New Public Management [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
This article explores the effects of the spread of the principles and practices of the New Public Management (NPM) on the subsidised cultural sector and on cultural policy making in Britain.
Belfiore, Eleonora
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Elite Networks, Political Belief Formation and Government Performance: An agent-based approach to a general political economy equilibrium [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This paper investigates the impact of the embeddedness of politicians in a local elite network on government performance in decentralized and centralized political systems.
Hedtrich, Johannes   +2 more
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The Evaluation of Local Policy Making in Europe

open access: yesEvaluation, 1999
Two recent evaluation studies undertaken for the European Commission, related to the LEADER Community Initiative implemented throughout the 1 990s, have provided the basis for the issues discussed in this article. This programme was set up to encourage pilot experiences in the promotion of rural development in the problem areas of Europe, by ...
openaire   +1 more source

Federations, Constitutions, and Political Bargaining [PDF]

open access: yes
The paper studies a world where a region provides essential inputs for the successful implementation of a local public policy project with spill-overs, and where bargaining between different levels of government may ensure efficient decision making ex ...
Anke S. Kessler   +2 more
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Multi-agency working [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This chapter, therefore, examines the case for a strategic approach to joined-up services by reviewing the development and operation of multi-agency working in Scottish education, and considers the professional imperatives for collaboration between ...
Connelly, Graham
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Competitiveness and sustainability: can ‘smart city regionalism’ square the circle? [PDF]

open access: yes
Increasingly, the widely established, globalisation-driven agenda of economic competitiveness meets a growing concern with sustainability. Yet, the practical and conceptual co-existence—or fusion—of these two agendas is not always easy.
Castells M.   +10 more
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Conflict and local immigration policy making

open access: yes, 2023
This research project explores how conflict over immigrants in the United States varies across space and time, and how this variation impacts local policy making. Conflict consists of multiple elements – such as conflict duration, actors involved, and conflict intensity – and these elements may vary over time and across space.
openaire   +1 more source

Role of Actors in Policy Formulation Process in Development Plan for Land Transport Study Case in Tuban Regency

open access: yesJurnal Pembangunan dan Alam Lestari, 2014
Related with policy formulation process in development plan, numbers of actors was involved into it. The roles of actors were matched with main duties and functions of each actor. Those actors were involved since public aspiration activity to formulation
Anesia Ribka, Andy Fefta Wijaya
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Decentralisation of Active Labour Market Policy: The Case of Swedish Local Employment Service Committees [PDF]

open access: yes
Decentralisation of decision-making in active labour market policy makes it possible to use local information to the fullest, but may also impinge on the fulfilment of national objectives, as suggested by principal-agent theory. The purpose of this study
Lundin, Martin, Skedinger, Per
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Vertical Governance, National Regulation and Autonomy of Local Policy Making

open access: yes, 2015
This chapter introduces a categorization of the 11 European countries according to their general vertical governance structures between national, regional and local levels in welfare policy making. It investigates the extent to which, and how, local policies and service provision are regulated and controlled from the national state level, and how much ...
Caillaud, Pascal, Kuronen, Marjo
openaire   +3 more sources

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